@article{Djupdræt_Larsen_Vinther_2017, title={En vikingeplankevej genskabt til Aarhus Fortæller}, volume={82}, url={https://www.dengamlebyaarbog.dk/article/view/25202}, abstractNote={<p>A Viking plank-road recreated<br />for The Aarhus Story<br />Archaeological findings have shown that there were plank-roads<br />in Viking Age Aarhus. A plank-road will be what visitors to the<br />museum first encounter in Aarhus Story, the exhibition about<br />Aarhus’s history from the Viking Age and into the future.<br />To be able to make this plank-road, Den Gamle By’s carpenters<br />have had to learn wood splitting techniques that were used<br />during the Viking Age. The first attempts to split tree trunks for<br />planks did not go as planned: the wood was too twisted and<br />gnarly. It was not until a thorough selection of the wood had<br />been carried out that the right tree trunks – ones that could be<br />transformed into straight planks – were found. After having been<br />split, the planks were further refined using adzes and broadaxes<br />made on the basis of axes from the Viking Age.<br />Working on the plank road has given Den Gamle By’s carpenters<br />an insight into a rarely-used method of carpentry. The finished<br />product, the plank road, will have a tangible presence and<br />embody a story that will set the scene for the experience, visitors<br />to the exhibition about the history of Aarhus, are to have.</p>}, number={82}, journal={Den Gamle By: Danmarks Købstadmuseum (Årbog)}, author={Djupdræt, Martin Brandt and Larsen, Christian Rønne and Vinther, Rasmus}, year={2017}, month={jan.}, pages={129} }